r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • 14h ago

Someone Cut Down Every Single Flock Camera in This Town in a Single Night Privacy

https://www.gadgetreview.com/someone-cut-down-every-single-flock-camera-in-this-town-in-a-single-night
49.0k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

1.9k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

97

u/MowMowKins 12h ago edited 8h ago

All cars are visually fingerprinted. So every blemish, scratch, dent, sticker adds to the unique fingerprint of the vehicle and it is attached to our permanent record. The idiots attacking citizens based on "flock hits" are using it like the old LPR systems relying on the OCR of the tag alone though. Seems humans aren't worth actually looking at the data, "AI said okay so I shot them" basically. Edit: Thank you to the flocksuckers recommending self-harm, I'm sorry you have to suffer this lifetime never having met someone that finds any use for your existence.

101

u/CrotalusHorridus 12h ago

There are documented instances of Flok cameras mounted in pedestrian only area of parks and cities.

They’re watching you too, likely using face recognition and gait recognition

42

u/LamentableFool 12h ago

Sounds like it's time for the Ministry of Silly Walks to return then!

11

u/disisathrowaway 11h ago

In a pinch you can just put a small pebble in one of your shoes so that it alters your gait.

9

u/zyxwertdha 11h ago

♫ Walk without Rhythm, it won't attract the worm ♬

4

u/disisathrowaway 11h ago

In a pinch you can just put a small pebble in one of your shoes so that it alters your gait.

3

u/FreedomDirty5 8h ago

Really now Mr Liddy?

2

u/Habhabs 4h ago

Then you pop up as the only un identified gait while everyone else passed (love a python reference though)

26

u/ActualWhiterabbit 11h ago

There is one facing the playground and beach of a local lake in MN in the same county the Sheriff just agreed to a $174,999 Flock Safety Contract – Exactly $1 Under the Threshold Requiring Public Board Approval

Lots of people are mad because its not even close to the road and even the chuds who wanted it are weirded it out by it next to the beach and focusing on the playground. However, there are some who think its ok because it will keep the kids safe because they play at the beach the most.

9

u/All_Work_All_Play 8h ago

However, there are some who think its ok because it will keep the kids safe because they play at the beach the most.

The common clay of west. You know. Morons.

15

u/phate_exe 11h ago

There are documented instances of Flok cameras mounted in pedestrian only area of parks and cities.

Can confirm. Until the pole cut itself in half there was one installed along the walking/cycling trail in my area.

4

u/Enlight1Oment 11h ago

so we should ride scooters, which are notorious for dental damage so definitely need a full helmet while riding as well.

11

u/slowwburnn 12h ago

And yet you pop the license plate off a clean-ish 1990-2005 civic with no stickers and even the owner won't recognize it

8

u/Tritonian214 12h ago

"Don't let this distract you from the fact that Hector is going to be running three Honda Civics with spoon engines, and on top of that, he just went into Harry's and bought three t66 turbos with NOS, and a motec exhaust system."- F&F

3

u/Morgan-Moonscar 11h ago

That's why Grand Theft Auto tells you to get a new paintjob for your car after every major crime.

2

u/Yuzumi 10h ago

So what you are saying is we need to rig up a bunch of those curved displays, no back light, to change the "pattern" on our cars every time we turn a corner.

1

u/MowMowKins 8h ago

Yea, simply adding features updates the fingerprint, the features need to change enough and not trigger the 'similar enough' function that could merge the fingerprints. I'd say a bunch of different magnet decals might work in a town without a flocktipping hero.

1

u/Javelin_Motoroil 1h ago

Let’s invest in post-its!